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Voting opened last week for our first ABCTE Teacher of the Year award and runs until Thursday, July 29 at 5pm EDT. In early August, the state winners will be announced on our website and then a national winner will be selected. The national winner will be flown to Washington D.C. to receive the award before a representative from the U.S. Department of Education as well as members of ABCTE's Board of Directors and staff.

We’ve reached that time of year in most schools when students are watching the calendar counting down the days until summer vacation begins. For teachers, this often means having the additional challenge of keeping students engaged who’d rather be getting an early start on their vacation.

We surveyed ABCTE alumni and asked them what they do to keep students engaged as the end of the school year approaches. Here are a few of the suggestions we got back from our teachers and the comments are open for you to share your own ideas.

A couple weeks ago, I wrote about "Solving Problems by Improving Education," after being inspired by a quote from a Mississippi resident who is participating in our Teach & Inspire Scholarship Program.

This week's submissions touch on a variety of topics such as virtual schools, online learning, and ideas for teachers:

Mathew Needleman presents Back to School Week: It’s a Marathon Not a Sprint posted at Creating Lifelong Learners.

Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of Education Innovation.

Before we get started, here’s a quick summary of what a blog carnival is for those who’ve never heard of one before: It’s basically a collection of links to recent blog posts on a particular subject. People can come browse the links as a sort of one-stop-shop for all that’s happening in education innovation that week—a “best of the week” so to speak, taking place each Tuesday.